IT'S WHEELY WEDNESDAY!

Hey Pals,

It's me Dr. Pierre. Can you believe we have another patient here at the Snitchybug Dog Hospital??? The wheelies have been giving me lots of guff cause I've been on my cell phone a lot lately, even speaking in French. I've been talking with some people up in Canada. My wheely friend Bea Sally over at the Secret Schnoodle has been helping out with some of these calls too.


Remember in one of our last Wheely posts I found something sticking out from under the rug in the hospital room?? Well, I grabbed the little white tuft of hair & out popped Brownie!

And who is Brownie you ask??? heheheheh, it's a very long story. You see, Brownie is one of Brody's siblings. (Brody from the Secret Schnoodle) Brownie decided to run away from home due to the abuse he was suffering. He could no longer put up with the cruelty and set out to find his brother Brody.

From searching the web he found all of the dog blogs & stumbled upon Butchy & Snickers blog talking about having some Poodle friends. He thought that maybe Butchy & Snickers could help him find his brother Brody. Plus when he read about Dr. Snitchybug's miraculous surgeries, he knew he needed to find the doc. Brownie was suffering from malnutrition for one thing, and was in pretty sad shape. So he set out on his quest.

It was a long journey from Canada down to Iowa. Brownie had to trek through mountains of snow & suffer the burning sun rays. After 2 long weeks, Brownie arrived at the Snitchybug Dog Hospital. He was so worn out & could barely woof, so he crawled under the rug to rest. And that's where I found Brownie.

Poor Brownie was immediately checked out by myself & Dr. Snitchybug. He is soooooo skinny, no wonder he could hide under the rug. His paws are raw from climbing the mountains and walking on black top roads for many miles. He also has burns on his corneas.


We immediately placed black patches over his eyes to help them heal. We treated his paw pads and wrapped them up in gauze. Unfortunately, his nose is pretty scuffed up too. So we had to treat & wrap his nose. We feed him every hour since he is so malnourished.

He seems to be recovering well. Sylvester is studying to become a nurse so I let him check on Brownie each hour.



Sylvester decided he needed some one on one patient skills, so he crawled in bed with Brownie to keep him company.


We'll have an update for you next week on his progress.

Now yesterday, Snickers went to the vet to have the vetpire remove her blood for lots of tests. One big test was sent off to a special lab. The results will be back either this Friday or Saturday. If the results are normal, Snickers will start on the additional anti-seizure drug Potassium Bromide sometime next week. The drug is liquid form & needs to be made at a compounding pharmacy for her exact weight. So it takes a few days to get the drug to our vet. Once it arrives, then she will start the daily dosage. It generally takes 4-6 weeks for the drug to get to the correct level into the bloodstream. Then the process of waiting begins to see if she has anymore seizures. The drug might need to be adjusted a few times. But the vet is confident that this additional drug should keep Snickers from having anymore seizures. So now it's just a waiting game & MAMA HATES WAITING!!! hehehehe! She could get a bit cranky in this waiting process. Hmmmmm, maybe we should borrow some of that purple duct tape that Lacie used on Butchy, tee hee! Gotta get wheelin', Aire Ruby will be here soon to take us to Myrna & Gilbert's wedding!

Wheely Hugs,
Dr. Pierre